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Egyptian Burial Shroud
Plastered and painted linen burial shroud, 26th Dynasty.
Egyptian Museum, Castello Sforzesco, Milan, Italy.
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Egyptian Mummified Ibis
A mummified ibis bird from the Greco-Roman period. (Egyptian Museum, Castello Sforzesco, Milan)
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Egyptian Sarcophagus of Tetet
Cloth-covered, plastered and painted wood anthropoid coffin of Tetet, 22nd-24th Dynasty.
Egyptian Museum, Castello Sforzesco, Milan.
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Egyptian Funeral Stele
Plastered and painted funerary stele from the 7th-4th century BCE.
Egyptian Museum, Castello Sforzesco, Milan.
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Oxus River
Map of the Oxus' / Amu Darya's watershed in Central Asia, that drains parts of modern-day Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan into the Aral Sea.
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Ogham Script: Consonants
The consonants of the ogham alphabet (non-IPA).
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Ogham Script: Vowels
The vowels of the ogham alphabet (non-IPA). Note: This is the vertical writing of ogham. In the horizontal form, the right side would face downward.
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Ogham Stone
Ogham writing on standing stone, seen on the right-hand side of the picture.
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The Book of Ballymote
fol. 170r of the Book of Ballymote (AD 1390), part of the Auraicept na n-Éces, explaining the Ogham script. the page shows varianst of Ogham, nrs. 43 to 77 of 92 in total, including shield ogham (nr. 73).
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Greek Erotic Scene
Attic ceramic kylix or drinking cup (490-480 BCE) depicting an erotic scene. The male holds a sandal, often used as an instrument for stimulation in erotic games. (Archaeological Museum, Milan)
